Articles by Shivani Ray

Shivani Ray is a multi-disciplinary artist, meditation teacher, and the founder of Living Sanskrit, an online school for traditional Indian wisdom and practices. Born both American and into the yogic tradition, she’s dedicated to helping steward and correctly utilize ancient indigenous wisdom in modern times and non-native contexts. She’s deeply curious about basically everything, which leads to lots of joyful trouble all over the world. In her resting hours, Shivani can usually be found outdoors, singing to trees or napping in moonlight.

The theme for this month’s practice series is BURNING THROUGH, and we’re drawing inspiration from deep earth. The creative flow of the earth is literally embodied by lava. This fiery red flow helped mold all the natural shapes and structures on our planet’s surface—and they’re absolutely perfect and delightful. There is no natural spot on this earth…

The theme for this month’s practice series is BURNING THROUGH, and we’re drawing inspiration from deep earth. When we look at any given landscape, the overall shape and view is determined by the size and shape of the earth underneath it. Whether it’s soaring mountains or flat plains, it’s the firm earth that gives it form. …

The theme for this month’s practice series is BURNING THROUGH, and we’re drawing inspiration from the volcano. If you watch the flow of lava, it rises up and dissolves everything on the surface—rocks, plants, trees, trash … all of it. It reduces it to its purest essence, which is the earth itself. This week, we’ll explore…

Let's look deep into the earth for inspiration on finding the place of purity and power inside ourselves. Take a moment and become aware of the earth under your feet. And now go a bit deeper—what’s underneath that? Keep going deeper. What’s there, holding all of us? An ocean of lava. Fiery, pure, radiant, pulsing….